Where does this file come from? I do not see such a file in my Erlang distribution...<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bengt Kleberg</b> <<a href="mailto:bengt.kleberg@ericsson.com">
bengt.kleberg@ericsson.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On 2006-11-06 10:20, Mats Cronqvist wrote:<br>
> Bob Ippolito wrote:<br>>> It's clear that much of the standard library prefers to return tagged<br>>> tuples instead of using exceptions.<br>><br>> true enough. i believe rectifying this was one of the motivations behind the
<br>> rewrite of the standard libraries referred to earlier in this thread.<br><br>you are correct. from the ''CONVENTIONS'' file:<br><br> - A function should *not* return wrapped values like<br> {ok,Value}/{error,Reason} to indicate success or
<br> failure. The assumed behaviour should be success,<br> and failures should be signalled by exceptions,<br> as described below.<br><br><br>bengt<br>--<br> EPO guidelines 1978: "If the contribution to the known art resides
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